Chelsea star John Terry's dad, Ted Terry, charged for 'racist attack'

THE father of Chelsea soccer star John Terry has been charged for a racist attack against another man.

The Daily Mail reports that Ted Terry, 59, was arrested earlier this year accused of racially aggravated common assault and a public order offence.

His son, John, was accused of racially abusing fellow soccer player Anton Ferdinand but was last year cleared. However the incident did see him stripped of the English captaincy, banned for four matches and given a 220,000-pound ($361,000) fine for using insulting words. The FA however concluded that Terry was "not a racist."

Two other men in the Ted Terry incident have been charged on one count of causing a "fear of violence" that was racially aggravated.

It isn't the first time the Terry family have seen themselves in trouble.

In 2002 John Terry was arrested following a nightclub fight but was later cleared.

He was also accused, along with his Chelsea teammates, of drunkenly making fun of American tourists after the September 11 attacks.

John Terry's mother Sue, 55, and mother-in-law Sue Poole, 59, were cautioned for shoplifting from Tesco and Marks & Spencer in 2009.

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